IDT presents latest developments at AGBT

Integrated DNA Technologies (IDT), the world leader in oligonucleotide synthesis, will present its findings on the use of molecular inversion probes (MIPs) for next generation sequencing (NGS) target enrichment at the 15^th annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting in Marco Island, Florida, Feb 12-15. John Havens PhD, Vice-President of Business Development at IDT, will talk about MIPs and their proven effectiveness in the enrichment of genomic content of biological samples for specific regions of interest...

The Scientific Laboratory Show & Conference, East Midlands Conference Centre, Nottingham

Leading biomedical scientist and Director of MediCity David Browning is confirmed as headline speaker at The Scientific Laboratory Show & Conference to be held in Nottingham on 14 May this year. Hosted by Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) and organised by the Royal Society of Chemistry, the biennial event is expected to draw over 1,000 UK and overseas delegates interested in laboratory technology, logistics, safety, project management and commercialisation....

The Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) welcomed a record-setting 5,819 participants from 46 countries to SLAS2014, the Third Annual SLAS Conference and Exhibition, at the San Diego Convention Center in San Diego.

This five-day annual event convened scientists, academicians, business leaders and students from around the globe to gain new information, ideas and insight about laboratory science and technology. “We’re extremely pleased with the attendance and participation at SLAS2014, and our grateful to our key contributors – including attendees, exhibitors, presenters and volunteers – who made the event the tremendous success that it was,” said Daniel Sipes, SLAS President. “Throughout the conference, it was obvious that scientists, researchers...

Industry Leaders will meet in Iselin, New Jersey, USA to discuss current and emerging trends within the industry

The importance of pre-filled syringes and injection devices have never been more pertinent, especially in the US. The challenges of finding a delivery method with patient centric design that avoids leaching, requires swift and decisive decisions early in the development process to avoid unnecessary costs and delays in development. The SMi Group announces its Pre-Filled Syringes America Conference will be taking place in ....

Thermo Fisher Scientific has developed a reproducible and accurate high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) method combined with on-line solid-phase extraction for the sensitive determination of carbendazim in orange juice.

Application Note 1067: Determination of Carbendazim in Orange Juice demonstrates that this application—performed using a rapid separation liquid chromatography system—simplifies sample preparation and improves HPLC detection sensitivity with a method detection limit of carbendazim in orange juice of 0.2 μg/L. Although carbendazim is a fungicide used in many countries to improve crop production....

More than 80 delegates from several countries attended the most recent of the Filtration Society’s popular two-day technical meetings.

 ‘Filter Media 6’ was held in Chester, UK, on 5-6 November 2013. The one-day conference on 6 Nov focused on ‘filter media’ and was preceded on 5 November by an educational course on ‘Media for Gas and Liquid Filtration’. Billed as the most comprehensive introduction to filter media anywhere in the world, the short course was presented by filtration expert Professor Richard Wakeman and consultant engineer Dr Steve Tarleton....

Launch Of Award Scheme And Conference

Competitive, financial and other pressures mean that research and teaching in universities, commercial, Government, health sector and other laboratories have to achieve more with less. The 2014 Conference and Awards scheme of the S-Lab initiative will highlight best practice in achieving this through more effective management of science facilities, leaner and more productive lab design, improved processes and workflows, enhanced technical support, and more effective use of IT and other technology....

Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, will be presenting on innovative light scattering techniques at WCBP 2014.

The 18th Symposium on the Interface of Regulatory and Analytical Sciences for Biotechnology Health Products provides a forum for discussing the latest bioanalytical methods and their practical application to biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and other health-related products. Dr. Daniel Some, Director of Marketing and Principal Scientist at Wyatt Technology will be hosting a seminar entitled “Molar mass, size and interactions: light scattering tools for essential biophysical characterization.” From aggregates to conjugates, light scattering detectors combine with a variety of sample delivery systems to provide a comprehensive suite of biophysical characterization tools. This talk will include a detailed overview and examples of the tasks relevant to well-characterized biopharmaceuticals that may be accomplished with these tools...

Wyatt Technology Corporation, the world leader in absolute macromolecular characterization instrumentation and software, will be launching the µDAWN™ at Pittcon 2014

The µDAWN is the world’s first multi-angle light scattering (MALS) detector that can be coupled to any UHPLC system in order to determine absolute molecular weights and sizes of polymers, peptides, and proteins or other biopolymers directly, without resorting to column calibration or reference standards. Wyatt Technology’s µDAWN connects to the Optilab® UT-rEX™, the first refractive index detector for UHPLC....

Freeman Technology, a global provider of powder testing instruments, and GEA Pharma Systems, a company that specialises in the design and development of processing solutions for the pharmaceutical industry, are collaborating to advance the application of continuous wet granulation and drying technology in the pharmaceutical industry.

The application of morphologically directed Raman spectroscopy to characterizing the component-specific particulate properties of the active components in a topical pharmaceutical cream is described in an application note from Malvern Instruments.

Wyatt Technology San Francisco Bay Area Protein & Biotech Users Meeting

The meeting will host two to three expert speakers, ‘how-to’ sessions presented by Wyatt Application Scientists, updates on our latest products, and small group discussions covering topics such as:Biophysical characterization. Formulation and stability. Orthogonal techniques. Large aggregates and sub-visible particles. Biomolecular interactions...

Integrated DNA Technologies Presents at Antibody Engineering and Therapeutics 

Michel Cannieux, PhD, MBA, Director of Product Commercialization, Synthetic Biology at IDT discussed a novel, rapid and reliable method to build and clone genes of interest at a fraction of the cost of full gene synthesis. The talk, entitled “Rapid and Reliable Gene Construction with gBlocks™ Gene Fragments and Gibson Assembly™ Method” took place at 12.00 on December 11. As double stranded, sequence verified DNA blocks up to 750 base pairs, gBlocks Gene Fragments have high sequence fidelity. As a result, they are ideal for use in a broad range of biological applications....

New 1536 well compound storage plate made of transparent cycloolefin at the Society conference exhibition

Greiner Bio-One, a leading technology partner for the diagnostic and pharmaceutical industry, has introduced a new 1536 well compound storage plate made of transparent cycloolefin at the Society for Laboratory Automation and Screening (SLAS) conference exhibition in San Diego, CA. The excellent optical, chemical and physical properties of cycloolefin microplates make them extremely popular in highly automated research....

Pittcon is pleased to announce the 2014 Technical Program  that includes over 2,000 presentations offered in symposia, oral sessions, workshops, awards, and posters.

This year’s program covers a wide range of applications such as, but not limited to, biotechnology, biomedical, drug discovery, environmental, food science, fuels/energy, lab management, nanotechnology, polymers/plastics and regulations. The Technical Program, begins on Sunday, March 2 and runs through Thursday, March 6, 2014. Co-programming continues to strengthen and bring diversity to the Technical Program. Resource Team member Alan G. Marshall will cover mass spectrometry techniques used in fuels, energy and petrochemical...

AMSBIO, specialists in 3D cell culture technology, has announced the launch of a 384-well version of the popular Alvetex®Scaffold cell culture plates.

The new Alvetex®Scaffold 3D cell culture plates provide biopharmaceutical companies with a new tool to improve the predictive accuracy, productivity and biological relevance of their cell based high throughput testing. The new 384-well plates was launched by AMSBIO at SLAS 2014 in San Diego (19-21st January 2014)...

Booth #3859, PITTCON, Chicago, IL, USA, March 2nd - 6th 2014

Autoscribe Informatics, a leading provider of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) will be showing its flagship Matrix Gemini LIMS as well as the entry level ‘Out of the Box’ Matrix Express LIMS at Pittcon 2014. Matrix Gemini is a desktop and web-based platform that provides a highly configurable LIMS environment. This allows exact user requirements to be accommodated in terms of workflows, screen designs, menu designs, terminology, report designs and much more, without the need for custom coding....

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new technical note TN 139

Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to announce a new technical note TN 139: Determination of Anions in Fracking Flowback Water From the Marcellus Shale Using Automated Dilution and Ion Chromatography which demonstrates the use of in-line conductivity measurement to trigger automated dilution prior to separation and quantification of inorganic ions and organic acids in Marcellus Shale fracking flowback samples using ion chromatography...

Malvern Instruments has kicked off another year of its highly popular open-access webinar program and on 21 January the ‘Step into the Light’ webinar offers insight into the use of dynamic light scattering technology to improve the quality of biopharmaceutical data in purity profiles.

This is followed on 23 January by ‘Optimization and characterization of nanomaterials for drug delivery applications. Part 1 – Liposomes’.  ‘Where do I find source material in light scattering?’ is the topic on 28 January, and the first of this year’s laser diffraction masterclass series goes out live on 30 January. Accurately identifying impurities and generating purity profiles presents substantial challenges to biopharmaceutical developers, who require the most sensitive analysis methods available. ‘Step into the Light’ will explore the analytical challenges within biopharmaceutical development

SP Scientific has announced its LyoLearn winter 2013/2014 webinar program.

Due to run on 22nd January 2014, is a new webinar entitled 'Secondary Drying Optimization for Proteinaceous Drug Formula' chaired by Lisa M Hardwick - a highly experienced scientist from Baxter Biopharma Solutions. This free webinar focuses on how and why the secondary drying phase of a lyophilization cycle can be critical for protein-containing products. The webinar will utilize case studies to describe methods to determine acceptable ramp rates and shelf temperatures for the freeze dry cycle, as well as the optimal residual water content for the finished product...

A One Day Symposium Focussing on Advances in Natural Product Analysis - Syngenta Research Labs, 9th April 2014

Chromatographic & mass spectrometric analysis in vegetable matter, natural and food products will be explored by specialists from a variety of industries. An exhibition of analytical instrumentation and presentations by leading manufacturers will form an important element of the symposium.

Metrohm is pleased to announce a practical course focusing on best practices for analyzing nonalcoholic beverages by titration and ion chromatography.

The course will take place from March 18 through 19, 2014 in the laboratories and conference facilities of the Metrohm Academy in Herisau, Switzerland. The main focus of this practical course will be on analytical challenges in the QC lab of the beverage industry and solutions how to meet them. Participants will have plenty of opportunities to discuss any questions with the Metrohm application specialists as well as with peers from the bevarage industry. Topics the preliminary program are...